Description: Ionia, Ephesos, Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 AD). KAICAP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate head right / ΕΦΕΣΙΩΝ; boar right, transfixed by spear.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 4,66 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG Cop 395 var

Commentary: rare; dark patina with deposits, some roughness

History: The boar relates to the founding legend of Ephesos which tells that Androclos, the son of King of Athens, following the oracel of Apollo established the city of Ephesus, where he had killed the boar.

Article Number: 011-07-05-41652